16-20 Kickass Random Facts
16. Mad Max (1979) according to The Guinness Book of World Record’s is the most profitable film of all time. With a $350,000 USD budget it made $100,000,000 USD. – Source
17. McDonald’s lost the ‘Big Mac’ naming rights in England after trying to sue an Irish company called Supermac (that predated McDonald’s), allowing Burger King to troll them by calling their burgers things such as ‘like a big mac, but actually big’. – Source
18. In 2019, the cardigan sweater that Kurt Cobain wore during Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged concert sold for $334,000. It is currently the most expensive sweater to ever be sold at an auction. – Source
19. The military uses silly strings to detect tripwires. The string is light enough to show the location of the tripwire without triggering it. – Source
20. When Clint Eastwood was approached for the role of James Bond he turned it down because he didn’t feel it was the right role for him saying “I was offered pretty good money to do James Bond if I would take on the role. But to me, well, that was somebody else’s gig. That’s Sean’s deal.” – Source
21-25 Kickass Random Facts
21. When Texas surrendered the land currently known as the “Oklahoma Panhandle”, it was actually unowned for 40 years. Officially called the “Public Land Strip” during that time but often referred to as “No Man’s Land”. – Source
22. The Wii version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is a mirror image of the GameCube version. This was done because Link swings his sword with his left hand, while the Wii Remote is meant to be used with the right hand. – Source
23. Carl Newton Mahan was only 6-years-old when he shot and killed 8-year-old Cecil Van Hoose with a shotgun. He was convicted of manslaughter but his sentence was reversed because of his age. He remained free until his death at 35-years-old. – Source
24. Halifax, NS, was raided by the Canadian Navy in 1945. On VE Day liquor commissions, movie theaters, and restaurants were closed to prevent trouble. The open gangway was declared and thousands of sailors arrived, they quickly became bored and rioted, looting over 2,000 cases of beer, wine, and spirits. – Source
25. Elephants were used as combat in wars as late as the 1890s and continued to be used in non-combat roles all the way up to the Vietnam War. – Source
